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LGOM F03 WEAVING ORIENTAL BUGS.

Specification-of Letters Patent.

application filed April 3, 1911. serial No. 618,623.

Patented N0v. ;10, i914.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Trromns P. 'WALSH, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Boston, in the county ofSuiiolk and State of lvfassachusetts, have invented an Improvement inLooms for eaving Oriental Bags, of which the following description, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, likeletters on the drawings representing like parts.

My present invention is a loom for weaving' oriental rugs, carpets, etc,whereby the advantages of the AXminster-spool system of weaving arecombined with the certainty, rapidity and freedom of the needle or hookdrawing-in system of weaving. Yi l'tllOUS attempting to enumerate theadvantages of using an Amninstcr spool, as said advantages are mainlywellrecognized, I wish to point out that the use of an Amninster spoolgives an opportunity for a much wider range and greater variety of coloreffects and yarn selections than is practicable with the other wellknown forms of pattern weaving, such for instance as the jacquard. Onthe other hand. the ordinar AXminster loom (employing these Axminsterspools) is subject to more or less uncertainty. which is increa. edrather than decreased by ems ploying said spools in connection with thetying of oriental knots. The hooked drawin t3 e of mechanism is wellrecognized as affording great precision and certainty of yarn movements.

Accordingly my present invention resides in combinin the needle or hookdrawing-in type of mechanism with the Axminsterspool type of mechanism.This I believe to lie l'a'oadlv new.

on to this broad feature, my in- .e .n f rther resides in so combiningLilPr'Q two types of mechanisms to tie oriental knots, e. to weaveorients. product.

My invention will be further amplified and more clearly understood inconnection with the following description, taken with reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which 1 have shown one preferred form of myinvention applied to a loom having, as

nearly as practicable, the usual shape and accessories.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of theloom partly broken away for convenience of illustration; Fig. 2 is asimilar sectional view of the upper part of the loom, similarly brokenaway for the same purpose; Fig. 3 is ascotional detail similar to Fig. 2of a portion of the driving mechanism thereof; Fig. 4: is a similarsectional view enlarged of a 501 tion of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryperspective view of a part of the color yarn holder; Figs. 6 and 7 areviews in front elevation of the part of the loom shown in Fig. 1, thetakeup mechanism and front ends of the loom frame being removed andbroken away; Fig. 8 is a similar front View of the mechanism shown inFig. 2, the spools being omitted; Fig. 9 is a right hand side elevationof the loom; Figs. 10 and 11 are sectional views of the fabric takenrespectively on the dotted lines 10-1O and 11-11, Fig. 12; Fig. 12 isthe line 1E2-12, Fig. 10; Fig. 13 is a top plan view of the mechanismshown in Figs. 1a and 15; Figs. 1a and 15 are views in side elevationand front elevation respectively of the warp holders, partly brokenaway; Fig. 16 is a fragmentary plan view of the hooks, color yarnholders, and nipper comb in their relative position; Figs. 16, 16, 16,16 16", and 16 are perspective views illustrating the method of theweaving; Fig. 17 is a sectional view showing in side elevation the cammechanism for operating the nipperclosc-r; Fig. 18 is a similar View ofthe cam and connections for locking and unlocking the color yarn holder;Fig. 19 is a similar view of the cam. and connections for reciprocatingthe color yarn holder; Fig. 20 is a top plan view of the cam which rocksthe needles; Fig. 21. is a sectional view showing in side elevation thecams and connections for raising and lowering the warp threadholders;,Fig. 29. is a similar view of the cam and connections forswinging the lay; Fig. 23 is a similar view of the cam and connectionsfor raising and lowering the nippers; Fig. 24, is a similar view of thecam and a horizontal sectional view on 'l and 2, is herein shown s usualtake-11b.

mechanism, UOIDPL. ing a cloth. roll 3, takenp roll l and guide rolls 5,6 and actuating mechanism 7, 8, 10, ll, 1.2, 1-3, and U; for telling upthe woven i; sic, indicated at 15, which passes over the breast beam 16,whence the warp threads extend rearwerdly to and through warp-thresdholders 1'4, 18 passing out at .Jzend back over a guide roll 20. to thesource 01 supply or warp beam 21 at the Ices-r end of the loom. The warpholders 1?, 18 age shown in detail in Figs. 1345, where it"'will be seenthat each holder is bent outwardly, "lowing Fig. adjacent the- 230p ofthe holder and then said top is bent inwardly again until the twoholders of e overlap each other. These holders are placed at the reel ofeach other, as clea ,1 shown in l, the holders 17 being rigid! mountedin across bar 22 supported by end-stands-Q? vertically movable} in slotsor ways 24-, and the holders 18 sing rigidly mounted in a similar crossbar "25 supported on end stands 26 movable in the guide-ways 27 of theend frames. Preferably as high as practicable, I provides transverseguide 28 for guiding and stiffening the holders in their up and downmovements. The warp-thread holders are hollow and provided with sCHL'VQCl GHlZIZLHCQ neck 29, as best shown in Fig. 1%, for the entranceof the warp thread w, and are bent in an opposite of forward directionat their uppel ends for the smooth delivery of the warp three-(ls. Thismechanism pet so is not herein. claimed, as; it has been duly presentedand claimed in my application Serial No. 577,838 The verticalreciprocstions of these holders is accomplished through linlzs'30, 31,arms 32, on the ends ofrocl: shafts 3e whose 'carn levers 35, 37 travelin path coins one coin shaft 40; 1

lower icee encl of a swinging frame 4 6.

,i'z'cely pivoted at its upper end on s sprocket shalt i1. spool obs-1nll CHEI'IQS 1n usual manner any usual or preferred kind of so-cslledAxzninstei spools 48 each pro-' vided in usual or preferred manner witha tube frame so through whose tubes 50 the 51 is being advancedFig."21).. Above the mechanism 321st described, onthe npwai'dly'pfoecting tops of the end frames,

mounted on s shaft already stated, the

free ends of the color yarns 51 project in well 65,

known manner. I have omitted to show the full chain, as the rear portionthereof a will pass ox'er usual idlers such as are com ,5 monly providedin connection with Ax1nin- 1 ster looms and will be of such length asthe 70 pattern requires. The swinging movement of the spool-chain frame46 is provided by means of links 52, arms rock shaft 54 and Y a camlever 55 whose roll 56 travels in a path cam 57 (Fig. 25). The requiredstepby-step feeding movement of the spool chain all which brings thesuccessive complements of color yarns into weaving position (preferablyafter every second beating-up move ment) is herein shown as 21 Genevamovement 58, 59, the latter being mounted on a. shaft 61 on whose innerend, see Figs. 2- and 8, is a, sprocket wheel. 62 engaged. by a sprocketchain driven by s sprocket wheel 64 on the cam shaft -10, see'Fig. 1.

As aspool 48 and its complement ofyarns by the spool chain 41, itsfreely projecting ysrnends engage against the rear face of the frontfixed-jaw member 65 of the nipper, see Fig. 4, whose movable-jaw member66 is then swung back entirely open, the nipper beingat this time raisedapproximately to the top'of the guide slot 67 so that the jaw 65 isrelatively close to the depending ends of the tubes 50. There-upon, asthe spool 48.21116. its tubes 50 are coming to their position shown inFig. the nipper closes loosely onto the pro jecting yarns and lowers tothe position sbownin said Figsli As herein shown, one of the nippermembers, ViZ.- 65, is fixed and the other, 66, is movable, being pivotedon a shaft 68 mounted at its ends in slide blocks 69 which also carrythe fixed jaw 65). said slide blocks being movable in the slideways o1guides 67 and operated up and down by links 70, arms 71 (Fig. :23) rockshaft 72 and cam lever 73 whose 1:011 74- is actuated ca .1 T5. At theupper free end of the swinging nipping jaw 66,1 mount a. comb 7 6 whoseteeth 77 project forward assliown in F 4, so-tha-t when the jaw 66 ismoved toward the jaw 65, said teeth enter between the yarn-ends (thenipper being: tlien'in its raised position so that this combing actionof the comb teeth 77 takes place close to and preferably almost at theYery'ends of the tubes 50). 'lhen, as V isws close on the yarni do notclose tightly 111701! said yarn-ends until the .nipper is moved own aslight distance, thereby-1permitting be ym'nends to slip somewhat untilthe comb teeth 77 have combed them out straight, whereupon the jaws 65and-G6 close tightly upon the yarn enllswith sulficient pressure to holdthem thereafter until they are properly engaged and seemed by Jlsloosely and thejhoolts. 'lhe opening and closing movet the nippor jet-7sis herein shown as V hed by a rocker arm Y8, Fig. 17, ng from the rockshaft 68 which jaw 6C- soid rocker arm connecting with links 79 and 80actuated l3}? an arm 81 fol it rock shaft 8?. whose lever 83 has its camroll 8% actuated by a Dililll can To orevent the nipper jaws IKOmcutting the elicote yern-ends oft, as would be liable he the case underpositive unyielding 7 i provide the two links 79. 80 and hue. .eningspring 56 to cushion the hits the ewe, upon the yarn. soon as the 'ornsere'co nhed out st night and pulled down to the position shown in l,needlelilze hooks 87 are moved forward through the o 1ing's formed bythe lateral bulges in" he need es or Warp holders, as shown best inFigs. l, 13-15, between the respective color yarns, then held taut bythe nipper. These hooks are mounted in a carrier bar 88 and heme crankshaped rear ends mounted in e slide lo. a Whose upright 91 is pro- 7tionury can;- 93 Fig. 26, fast on the main frame. The carrier bar 88 hasupturned ends 9- provided with'outwerdly extending ds bearings 35traveling in guidein the end fr-nine and actuated by engaging studs 93thereon, said operated by levers 99, Figs. 1 rock shaft 100 and camlever 101 19% travels a. path com 103 on the coin slioft it). Thus asthe hooks 87 are moved r reerw idly, they are in upsteu position asshown iii dotted lines,

Fig. throughout most of their inward movement, hem: turned toward theend of their nuW-enient from said upstanding position to a horizontaloosition bv the cam 93 so that, upon the beginning of their hoe '1 wordmovement, eaoh'hoolr catches 2; color yarn and starts heel; With it,being turned back into inscending position zigz luu so as "to give saidyarn e. bend or to interlock the with the hook. Thereupon, a lockingdevice grips the yarn firmly against the hook so as to hold itimnioi'abljv onto the hook in its iDH'JlIVUICl movement and there hy'pro-Jeni from be ng; pulled oil from the any slight resistanceoilered-to it the Wnrp-thremil holders 1'7, 1 and the tube frame of thespool.

.Tlli locking mechanism is herein shown as consisting of projectingcolor yarn holdided With a com roll 92 actuated by a sto to straddle e.stud 159 projecting from toil piece from the adjacent end of the carrierplate 105. A spring detent 112 is fastened on the upturned end 9adjacent each end of the carrier plate to engage a notch in said tailpiece. two of said notches being herein shown, one for positioning theholders 10% in their forward position with relation to the hooks and theother to position said holders in their rear position with relation tothe hooks.

Each color yarn holder 10%- at its forward end provided with on uppergroove 113, on under groove 1%, projecting ends 115 and depending wings116 so that when the yarn has been engaged by a hook, and said holder10% is slid along on the shank of the heel: toward the yarn, the hook orprojecting nib thereof enters the groove 113 While the wing-S115 and 116embrace the yarn at the bight of the hook and thereby firmly andiminoi'ahly clamp the yarn in its bent position in and about the hook.The color yarn holders l0-l are moved to their looking and unlockingpositions by the rock shaft 107 wh ch has at its right hand. end, seeFig. 7, en upwardly extending srnrll'? pr videil with a finger 118 inposition to he engnged by one or the other of a pair of lugs 119, 120.Fig. carried by a rock shaft 121 mounted in hearings 122 on the endframe and given its rocking movement by an arm 123, intermediatelypivoted lever 1%, link 125, arm 1%, rock shsft'lll and cam lever 1'28Whose roll is actuated by a com 130, Fig. 18. The rook shaft 121 isgiven a slid ing movement by a forked lever 331 pivoted at 132 andengaged by a connector 133 at its outer end reciprocuted longitudinallyby an arm 134, rook shaft 135 and cam lever 136 Whose cam roll 13? isactuated by a path cam 138, Fig. 19.

l v hen the hooks 87 are in their full line position, Fig. l. the rockshaft 121 is turned as shown in full lines in Fig. '7 so that its lugs119, 120 are out of the poth ofl move ment of the finger 118 whichactuate-s the color yarn holders 101 with relation to the hooks, so thatthe holders 10i and hooks 87 are moved forward or toward the front ofthe loom together until the hooks get into their first c. tted position.asindic-atedin hi i. at which time the linger 118 has gotten forward ofthe lug 119 i. e. to the it there of. Fi 9, whereupon the rock shaft 521rocked as to turn thesolugs downwardly and then said rock shaft is slidforward e v e quickly sons to engage the linger 11S and 115, 116 clampthe yarn in bent and locked position about the hooks. The hooks andcolor yarn holders thengo forward together, and when said hooks havearrived at their second dotted position as shown in Fig. 4, i. e. at thefell, the shaft 121 is slid quickly rearward so that its lug 120 therebyreverses the movement of the rock shaft 107 and moves the holders 104out of locking engagement with the yarn ends in the hooks 87. This takesplace after the shuttle 131.) and the lay 140 has shot a pick of binderfilling through the shed and the beating-up comb 141 has beat up saidfilling. The lug 120, having performed its office of unlocking the yarnsfrom their grasped position, is

turned back to its inoperative position, Fig.

7, and the hooks are moved back to their extreme left hand dottedposition, Fig. 4, entirely out of engagement with the coloryarn ends,which are now held in the fabric by the binder filling. At the same timethat the hooks have been moving forward with the yarn ends, the spool 48and its tube frame have been moving forward in even pace therewith bytheswinging action of the frame 46 under the influence of its swingingmechanism already described. Also a knot positioner 142, best shown inFig. 4, has likewise been moving forward. This knot positioner is.hereinshown as a bar ex tending across the frame and supported at itsopposite ends in sliding brackets 143 mounted to travel in the slots 96and actuated by links 144, Fi 24, arms 145, rock shaft 146 and a, camlater 147 whose roll .148 travels in a path earn 149, see also Fig. 1.The knot positioner 142 moves forward slightly faster/than the spool andtube frame, its endbraokets 143 passing by the ends of the tube frame 49'so that, by the time the books 87 and tubes 50-have moved.

the color yarns to the fellfthe knot positioner is in engagement withthe yarns. As the knot positioner is, relatively close to the warpthreads, it aids in; pushing the knots and color yarns to the fell andaids the tubes '50 in holding them in exactly right position, and thebeating-up comb, after the filling has been placed, heats up saidfilling to hold the knots stable. 'Ihe forward stopping position of theknot positioner 142 is indicated in dotted lines just above and at therear of the second dotted position of the hooks,

The knot positioner having arrived at this position and the fillinghaving been shot, the beatingup accomplished, and the hooks 87 havingmoved forward to their most for-- ward position as indicated in dottedlines above the breast beam. at cotiperating cutting device shown as ashear blade 150. sav n s a down to meet the member 14.2 whose frontlower edge constitutes the other shear blade, so that by the meeting ofthese two at the .fell, the yarn ends are severed from the body of theyarn below the free ends of the tubes 50 of the tube frame and spoolwhich is then fi'irnishing the color yarns for weaving. This cutter baror shear blade 150 is supported at the lower ends of swinging arms 151each carried by a stud or short rock shaft 152, Figs. 1, 4, 6, 7, and26, actuated bylevers 153,- links 154 and arms 155 extending from a rockshaft 156 having a cam lever 157 whose roll 158 travels in a pathjcam159 on the cam shaft 40.

, The lay or lay beam 140 is operated by links 160 connecting at theirforward ends to the pivoted lay sword 161 and-at their rear ends to arms162 of a rocker shaft 163 having a cam lever 164 whose roll 165 travelsin a path cam, 166, Fig. 22, on the cam shaft 40. The cam shaft 40 isprovided with a gear 167, Fig. 9, meshing with a pinion 168 fast on adrive shaft 169 which carries a drive pulley 170 driven by a belt 171,said pulley being provided with a usual clutch whose shipper fork 172has its lever 173 actuated by a shipper handle 174 in the usual manner.

The weave herein shown is the well known Persian-knot weave of orientalrugs, aeomplete knot comprising two tuft ends 175, 176, the formerpassing down under and entirely. around-a warp thread to and thence downunder the next warp thread w and up to constitute the tuft end 176.

In operation, the spool chain 41. is moved a step forward by its Genevamovement 58, 59 so as to bring the next spool of selected color yarnsinto weaving position, the swinging frame 46 thereof being then in itsrear position as shown in Fig. 1. The projecting yarn ends from thelowermost or positioned spool'48 hang. downwardly from the outer orlower ends of the tubes 50 in position to be grabbed and combed and heldtaut .by the nipper .Imecha-nism while the-hooks come forward and engagethe yarns. To accomplish this, the nippers 65, 66 are moved upwardly bythe operating mechanism shown in Fig; 23, the jaw"66 being then swungrearwardly and down-:

wardly by the mechanism shown in Fig. 17

and the jaw 65 being at about the top of.

into vertical position, they strike against this fixed jaw 65 andthereupon the mov- I able jaw 66 moves forward to engage said yarn endsloosely, the teeth 7 7' of the nipper comb likewise entering between therespective'yarn ends close to the free ends of the tubes 50. As theshipper then begins, to

move downwardly,the comb straightens out operating mechanisxngof the jaw66' meanand positions the yarn ends aceurately,-tlie' I opposite jaw 65so that as the nipper reaches its lowered position as' shown in Fig.- 4the yarn ends are held firmly against slipping between the nippers, andthe comb teeth 7'7- cotiperate with the tubes 50 to position theindividual yarns in accurately spaced relation entirely across theloom,'so that as the hooks 87 come forward, said yarns are not only heldtaut bnt spaced correctly for 'proper and certain engagement by thepulling-in mechanism or hooks.

" As the nippers were moving down, the

likewise the hooks 87 were being moved 'warp-thread holders 1'? and 18were being moyed up from their previous position ap proximately levelwith the breast beam, and

rearwardfrom above the breast beam, so that as said warp thread holders1? and 18 reached their upper position as shown in Fig. 4 and theselected yarn ends had been gotten into'their taut spaced relation, thehooks were passing through the openings formed by the bulges at theupper ends of the warp-thread holders 1?, 18. As soon as the hookspass'between the warp-thread holders, the hooks are turned from theirvertical position to their horizontal position by the cam 93 (Fig. 20)and shifting bar in engagement with the crank ends 89 of said hooks,Fig. 4. The hooks go rearward until they have passed between theselected color yarns now being held taut to insure the proper entranceof said hooks between the color yarns to the position shown in Fig. 4:.The hooks then start back toward the front of the loom, each hookengaging its yarn end and then being turned into vertical position againwhere upon the nippers release the yarn ends, the spool 48 and its tubesstart to swing forward in substantially even movement with the travel ofthe hooks until said hooks and tubes have reached approximately thedotted positions shown at the right, Fig. 4, the result being that theyarn ends are drawn to proper position in the hooks (thereby avoiding anunnecessary waste of yarn).

As soon as the finger 118 which moves forward with the hooks and theircarriage has passed the lug 119, the latter is rocked into loweredposition behind said finger, and is then quickly moved forwardby themechanism Fig. 19 (see also Figs. 7 and, 9), thereby moving all thecolor yarn holders 10$ of the locking mechanism to the rear so as tobite against and pinch or look the yarn ends immovably in the hookedends of the hooks, as shown in Fig. 16. As this locking takes place, thewarp-thread holders 1?, 18 are lowered, the former 1? being loweredfully to form the bottom of the shed for the first binder thread, andthe holder 18 being lowered approximately level with the 4 breast beamjust sufficiently so as not to interi'ere with any of the otherconcurrent movements, especially of the knot positioner. The knotpositioner 142 is meanwhile being moved forward, and as the warp-threadholder 18 reaches about level with the breast beam, the hooks, theirlocking mechanism, and the spool and tubes again start forward untilthey arrive at the fell, the knot positioner reaching the same point atapproximately the same time. Thereupon the warpthread holders 18 move upagain to constitu-te the upper portion of the shed for the first binderthread, which is then shot across, the lay beats up, and the warp-threadholders .17 and 18 are immediately reversed in their relative positionsso as to form the next shed. While this reversing movement for the nextshed is taking place, the locking devices are released by the rearwardmovement of the lug acting upon the finger 118 to shift the color yarnholders 104*. forward out of locking position with relation to thehooks, and this having been accomplished, the lugs 118, 120 are turnedbackward out of the way to inoperative position as shown in Fig. 7, andthe hooks 87 are then moved entirely forward away from the fell, leavingthe knotted color yarns in place at the fell, coiled about the warpthreads in Persian knots. Thereupon the swinging shear swings down toout 0% the knotted color yarns from the logy of yarn on/ the spool, andat about the time thatthis cut-; ting 0d takes place, the second shot offilling is delivered through the shed and is then beaten up by thebeating up comb lei. The shear blade 150 then swings up to its position,Fig. d, the chain -l-1 starts to'advance, thereby starting to turn thenow released spool and tubesupward while at the same time the frame 46swings them back and the warp-thread holders 1?, 18 move toward eachother to level position, and the combined shear blade and huntpositioner 1dimoves to the rear, arriving there before the next spool ofselected color yarns has reached its lowered position. This completesone cycle of weaving operations. The

similar cycles of movements succeed each other automatically, therebyweaving the oriental fabric with that wide range or color effects orpattern variationsQwhich is made possible by the Axminster-spoolmechanism and with that .deftness and certainty of positioning anddrawingdn operation which isnniade possible by the needle-likehookmechanism, the fabric being taken up by the take-up mechanism inusual manner as the weaving progresses. 1 The oriental knots are formedsimultaneously row by row entirely across the loom, and the shearinglikewise takes place simultaneously for all the knots in any given rowentirely across the loom.

it will also be understood that within the spirit and scope of theappended. claims, I

taken in connection with the drawings and description, my invention iscapable of a wide range of mechanical embodiments, inasmuch as in manyrespects it is broadly new.

Having described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. In a loom, weaving mechanism, includan Ah'ininster spool for selectedpile yarns, and yarn-embracing means movable lengthwise of the Warpthreads and loom for engaging said yarns when presented by said spooland moving the yarns toward the fell while still held by the spool.

2. In a loom, weaving mechanism, includ ing an Axminster spool forselected pile yarns and its tubes and tube frame, and

am embracing means for engaging said yarns when presented by said tubesand moving the yarns through the web and warn threads and back againtoward the fell While slill held by the spool.

3. In a loom, wearing mechanism, including an Axminstcr spool forselected pile yarns and its tubes and tube frame, yarn emhragnng meansluovahlc lengthwise of the Warp threads anl loom f r engaging said yarns,whcn presented by said tubes, and operating mechanisms for moving saidembracing means and the yarns held thereby toward the fell While saidyarns are still held by the spool and for moving the spool ulsotowardthe toll While the yarns are held by said embracing means. v

-'l-. in a loom, weaving mechanisn'i, including an Axminster spool Forselected pile yarns and its tubes and lube lrame, yarn embracing meansmovable lengthwise of the Warp threads and loom for engaging said yarns\\'ll0ll ]T:'(H)fii(Ll by said tubes, operating mechanisms for, movingsaid embracing means and the yarns held thereby toward the fell whilesaid yarns are still held by the spool and .l'or moving the spool alsotoward the fell while the yai ns are h old by said embracing means, andmeans cooperating with the aforesaid for simultaneorsly coiling theyarns about the Warp threads in oriental knots while benign loved asaforesaid toward the fell. 4 v 5. In a loom, Weaving mechanism,including: an AXunnster spool for selected pile yarns and its tubes andtube. frame, yarn embracing means movable lengtlnvisc of the Warpthreads and loom for engaging said yarns uhen presented by said tubes,opcrating lllLi-(Zlul'illSIHS for moving said embracing means and theyarns heldthereby toward the fell -\x'hile said yarns are still held bythe -spool :xiulil'or moving the spool also toward the fell while thevarns are held by said .omhraciu means,means cooperating with theZlfOlQ-aslil. for simultaneously coiling the 5 yarns about the warpthreads in oriental was knots While being moved as aforesaid tolengthwise of the Warp threads and loom for engaging said yarns whenpresented by "said tubes and mo 'ing the yarns toward the fell whilestill held by the spool, and cooperating mechanism for pulling the Wovenyarns tight While their free ends are still held at the fell.

7. In a loom, weaving mechanism, inchzeing an Axminster spool, its tubesand tube frame, yarn embracing means movable lengthwise of the Warpthreads and loom for engaging said yarns When presented by said tubesand moiing'theyarns toward. e fell while still'held by the spool, meanslay binder thread, and beatingnp. means to heat up the binder threadWhile said yarns are still held at the fell.

8. In a loonnweaving mechanism, including an nxminster spool, its tubesand tube lran'ie, yarn embracing means movable lengthwise of the Warpthreads and loom for euga said yarns Wl'ien presented by aid tubes andmoving the yarns toward the fell while still held by the spool, means tolay hinder thread, beating up means to heat up the binder. thread whilesaid ya'rns are still held at the fell, and severing means forthereafter severing the Woven yarns r om the spool. i

9, In. a loom, Weaving mechanism, including a spool for selected pileyarns having their ends projecting free, and hoolis for en gaging thefree ends of a plurality of said yarns, when presented by said spool andmoving the yarns i o a rd the fell.

10. in a loom, Weaving" mechanism, including a spoolfor selected pileyarns, hooks for engaging said yarns when presented by said spool andmoving the yarns toward the fell, and holding means for locking theyarns immovalily in the hooks during 311OV- ment.

0 l 11. In a loom, weaving mechanism, in-' cluding a spool for selectedpile yarns, its tubes and tube frames, and mechanism for engaging thefree ends of the yarns from the tubes and intereoiling the yarn'endswith the worn threads in oriental'knots.

12. In a loom, Weaving mechanism, ineluding a spool for selected pileyarns, its tubes and tube frames, and mechanism for engaging the freeends of the yarns at the tubes and intercoiling the yarn-ends with thewarp threads in oriental knots a. row at a time across the loom,

it. In a loom, means for supporting the warp threads, means fordelivering pile yarns thereto, including a spool for selected I and tubeframe in operative position, means for engaging and str'aigl'ltening outthe projecting yarns at the free ends of the tubes, means for relativelymoving said straightening means and tubes away from each. other forrendering the yarn taut, and means for engaging the yarns while thusheld and then moving them toward the fell.

25. In a loom, an Axminster spool, its tubes and tube frame, means forpresenting said selected pileyarn spool, its tubes and tube frame inoperative position, means for engaging and straightening out theprojecting yarns at the free ends of the tubes, means for relativelymoving said straightening means and tubes away from each other forrendering the yarn taut, and drawing-in hooks ,for engaging the yarnsvv'hile thus held and then drawing said yarns toward the fell.

26. In a loom, an Amninster spool, its tubes and tube frame, means forpresenting said selected pile-yarn spoo its tubes and tube frame inoperative position, means for engaging and straightening out the projecting yarns at the free, ends of the tubes,

means for relatively moving said straightening means and tubes away fromeach other for rendering the yarn taut, drawingin hooks for engaging theyarns while thus held and then drawing said yarns toward the fell, andmeans for moving the spool and its yarns at the same time toward thefell.

27. In a loom, an Axminster spool, its tubes and tube frame, means forpresenting said selected pile-yarn spool, its'tubes and tube frame inoperative position, means for engaging and straightening out theprojecting yarns at the free ends of the tubes, means for relativelymoving said straightening meansmmd tubes away from each other forrendering the yarn taut, drawingin hooks for engaging the yarns whilethus held and then drawing said yarns toward the'fell, and holding meansfor locking the yarn in the hooks during 'the drawing-in movement.

28. In a loom, an Amninster spool, its tubes and tube frame, means forpresenting said selected pile-yarn spool, its tubes and tube frameinoperative position, means for engaging and straightening out the pojecting yarns at the free ends or the tubes, means for relativelymoving said straight ening means and tubes away from each other forrendering the yarn taut, drawing-in hooks for engaging the yarns whiletoward the ,fell, and positioning means ,mov'able behind the yarnstoward the tell for engaging the yarns and aiding in positioning them intheir woven relation.

29. In a loom, an Axminster. spool, its tubes and tube frame, means forpresenting said selected pile-yarn spool, its tubes and tube frame inoperative position, means for engaging and straightening out theprojecting yarns at the free ends of the tubes, means for relativelymoving said straight ening means and tubes away from each other forrendering the yarn taut, drawingin hooks for engaging the yarnswhilethus held and then drawing said yarns toward .the fell, andshearing mechanism for severing the pile-yarn ends from the spoolsupply.

30. In a loom, an Axminster spool and its tubes and tube frame, meansfor moving said spool, tubes and tube frame with their complement ofselected yarns into operative position, a comb for combing the yarns outstraight and properly spaced, co-

operating weaving means for thereafter engaging the progectmg yarn-endsbeyond the tubes, and means for moving said engaging means away from thetubes for the weaving of the yarns into the fabric.

31. In a loom, an Aznninster spool, itstubes and tube frame, means formoving said spool, tubes and tube frame with their complement ofselected color yarns into opc erative position, a comb for combing the"yarn-euds out straight and spacing them, means for engaging theprojecting yarnendsbeyond the tubes, said engaging means cmuprisingmovable jaws, means for open ing and closing said jaws, and means formoving said engaging means away from the tubes.

In a loom, an A'Xminster spool, its

tubes and tube frame, means for moving said spool, tubes and tube frameinto operative position. cooperating Weaving means for engaging theprojecting straightened and spaced yarn-ends beyond the tubes, severingmeans for severing the yarns after they are woven, and means forreleasing said engaging weaving means from the yarn-ends before thesevering.

33. In a loom, an Axminster spool and its tubes and tube frame, meansfor moving a selected pile-yarn spool. and its tubes and tube frame intooperative position, and means for engaging the projecting yarn endsbeyond the tubes, said engaging means comprising movable jaws, means-toropeniug and closing said jaws, and-means for moving said engaging meansaway from the tubes and weaving means for thereafter engaging the yarns,and inter-coiling the same with the warp threads.

34. In a loom, an Axminster spool and its thus heldiand then drawingsaid yarns tubes and tube frame, a nipper comprising

